Organ

See also: organ, orgán, and òrgan

English

Etymology

From organ, a metonymic occupational surname for a player of a musical instrument.

Proper noun

Organ (countable and uncountable, plural Organs)

1. A surname.
2. A census-designated place in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Organ is the 12696^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2431 individuals. Organ is most common among White (84.04%) and Black/African American (10.04%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Organ”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Occitan Organ.
(Village): Attested on the Cassini map (1740s).

Proper noun

Organ m

1. Organ (a village in the Hautes-Pyrénées department, Occitanie, France)

Proper noun

Organ m or f by sense

1. a surname from Occitan

Derived terms

• organais
• Organais

 

Further reading

• Michel Grosclaude, Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de famille gascons, Orthez, per noste, 2003, →ISBN, page 202
• Géoportail, Institut national de l'information géographique et forestière, 2019

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oʁˈɡaːn/

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• Hyphenation: Or‧gan
• Rhymes: -aːn

Noun

Organ n (strong, genitive Organes or Organs, plural Organe)

1. (anatomy) an organ

   Die Haut ist unser größtes Organ.

   The skin is our largest organ.

2. an organ, a publication (newspaper, etc) of an organization

   Das Witzblatt ist das Organ der Spaßpartei.

   The Joke Sheet is the organ of the Fun Party.

3. an organ, a body or organization with a particular purpose or duty
4. an organ, a part of a government, such as an office or ministry

Declension

Declension of Organ [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Organ	die	Organe
genitive	eines	des	Organes, Organs	der	Organe
dative	einem	dem	Organ, Organe1	den	Organen
accusative	ein	das	Organ	die	Organe

¹Now rare, see notes.

Hyponyms

• (anatomy): Atmungsorgan, Fortpflanzungsorgan, Geruchsorgan, Geschlechtsorgan, Riechorgan, Verdauungsorgan
• (publication): Parteiorgan, Zentralorgan
• (law, administration): Aufsichtsorgan, Vereinsorgan, Verwaltungsorgan

Derived terms

• organisch

Related terms

• Organbank
• Organschwäche
• Organspende
• Organtransplantation
• Organverpflanzung
• Organversagen

 

Descendants

• → Czech: orgán

References

• Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Further reading

• “Organ” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Organ” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Organ” in Duden online
• Organ on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de